Email from the Arab American Community Coalition

Dear Greg,

I read with joy the article your wrote about the Ibrahim family. The Ibrahim family has suffered a brutal detention, thank God for their release.

Greg, You gave credit to all parties who worked on the release of this family except the group who really worked hard, signed the contract and paid the retention fees to both attorneys. I am not trying to minimize the hard working individuals who worked on the release of that family. Let me introduce you to “Arab American Community Coalition” (AACC) of Seattle, http://theaacc.org

The AACC is the modest organization who brought to the Nation; the release of the high profiled case of Safouh Hamoui and his family, after 10 months of detention in 2003.

AACC is the only non-profit group of individuals (less than 10) who are volunteering their time and money to defend the human and civil rights of Arabs and Muslims. It is the only organization who has 24/7 hotline. When all other Arab/Muslim organizations go home at the end of the day, our hotline stays manned.

I have and will appreciate your work. A little encouragement goes a long way at times.

Regards,

Ziyad Zaitoun
Seattle, WA